A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.

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An evil life is a kind of death.

An evil life is a kind of death.

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

First appearance deceives many.

First appearance deceives many.

All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.

All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited,...

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited,...

How little you know about the age you live in if you think that honey...

How little you know about the age you live in if you think that honey...

He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed.

He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed.

Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.

Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up...

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up...

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited,...

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited,...

Everyone is a millionaire where promises are concerned

Everyone is a millionaire where promises are concerned

The glow of inspiration warms us; it is a holy rapture.

The glow of inspiration warms us; it is a holy rapture.

Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to...

Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to...

If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.

If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.

Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.

Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you...

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you...

No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose...

No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose...

Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it.

Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it.

We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.

We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.

The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.

The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.